Suspension in the amniotic fluid

Pregnancy is one of the most beautiful periods in a woman's life, which opens new facets of her personality, inspires and fills her soul with pleasant warmth ... The future mommy looks forward to meeting with her baby every time, and the excitement in her chest and let it pass only through the screen monitor in the office of ultrasound. Carefully examining each word from the mouth of the doctor about the condition of the fetus, you can hear: "There is a suspension in the amniotic waters!". Well, after receiving such information, do not panic, but try to understand the situation.

What kind of "beast" is a suspended matter in the waters?

Vzvesyami called the products of the life of the fetus (foreign impurities), located in the amniotic fluid. It can be a desiccated epithelium, pushrod hair, elements of a damp grease (hyperechoic suspension), which belong to a fine dispersion. Such impurities, in most cases, occur on the 32-34 weeks gestation period, occur frequently, have virtually no effect on fetal development and indicate a normal course of the gestation process. The presence of suspended matter at the end of pregnancy is a sign of her retention.

A suspension in waters at an earlier time, along with other individual symptoms, may be associated with the presence of an infection. So, for example, the reason for this can be ureaplasmosis. Even though ureaplasma is unable to overcome the placenta, the passage of a newborn through the mother's birth can be fraught with a disease of the genital organs in the girl, kidneys, skin and eyes of the child. Therefore, in the second and third trimesters, it is necessary to undergo special treatment.

Immunity weakened during pregnancy and its inability to withstand infections, including viral infections, can also lead to the appearance of suspensions in the amniotic fluid with a high degree of probability. The intake of plant-based immunomodulating homeopathic medicines prescribed by the doctor will support immunity, and perhaps already at the next inspection of impurities in the waters there will be no.

Sometimes as a suspension may be an increased concentration of protein in the amniotic fluid, which is a normal phenomenon, the so-called individual "constitution".

As for meconium - the original feces, which due to fetal withdrawal can also refer to suspensions (occurs in 10% of all births and up to 40% in cases of a pregnant pregnancy), then opinions on its impact on the fetus are divided. Some medical representatives believe that meconium in the amniotic fluid is a sign of intrauterine hypoxia (oxygen starvation) of the fetus, while others prove that there is no connection between these phenomena, and the staining of the waters with meconium is only a factor in determining the risk of pregnancy for meconial aspiration of the newborn.

Suspension in amniotic fluid - treatment

As a rule, if only a "suspension in the amniotic fluid" is diagnosed, treatment with medicinal products is not prescribed. To prevent fetal hypoxia, as a risk factor, it is recommended to take "Actovegin", "Hofitol", "Fobenzym".

Since the suspension, determined by ultrasound at any time of pregnancy, is not a marker of its abnormal course, then as a follow-up and refinement of the result for suspicions of chromosomal pathologies, in case of hypoxia assumption (check meconial coloring of water), the following procedures can be prescribed:

Thus, having received a diagnosis of the presence of suspended matter in the waters during pregnancy, first of all, it is necessary to understand that for the time while additional examination and consultations of experienced doctors on this matter are carried out, your peace of mind will be the real medicine for the baby.